World War II Quiz

The Battle of the Atlantic

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1. Germany was in the midst of taking _____ when a German U-Boat spotted the first ship casualty of the war.

2. The first ship sunk in World War II was the

3. On October 14, 1939, the _______ was sunk after a U-Boat snuck into Scapa Flow.

4. The Graf Spee was a ______ battleship; a light, armored, powerful ship

5.The Graf Spee attempted to attack the British convoy consising of the Exeter, _____, and Ajax.

6. The Graf Spee fled to what harbor?

7.On December 17, 1939, the Graf Spee was sunk by what?

8.Kapitan Langsdorff shot himself on December 20, 1939, wrapped in a _____ flag.

9.The Ship _____ delivered the fatal payload to the Bismarck.

10.The Scharnhorst was sent to attack a British convoy on -

11.What country was responsible for the sinking of the Scharnhorst?

12.The Tirpitz was finally sunk on -

13.After the first two months of war, U-Boats had sunk ___ Allied ships.

14.______ were proven ineffective when the Allies sunk them faster than they could build them.



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